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No. 36762
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FRIDAY, JUNE ||7, 1957.
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‚UM ACTIONS TRIDACN WE ARE BEIN
COBRITAIN BACKED CHINA MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
Tackling TB DEPRESSING, frustrating
paragrapha appear in Hongkong's newspapers
evory week-like the one on Thursday saying that 307 CUALA of tuberculosis had been reported in the last week. Seventy-three died in the same period. Then: 4,870 Слеев hnd been
Plea For Admission
To World Power Conference Fails
Belgrade, June 6.
reported in the first five RRI
BRITAIN has voted with the Soviet
months of this year with
the staggering figure of 1,306 deaths.
Union in opposing an American. resolution to posptpone the question of
A London report says that China's admission to the world power
about two per
cent of
employed adults in this conference, which is meeting here this
Colony have TB this week.
throws this terrible affliction
Intu even sharper rellot. In secret session the United But the columns of speeches States was supported by France on the occasion of the and eight other permanent mêm- opening of the Granthambers of the Executive Council.
Anti-
Hospital today outlining China's plea for a stat was also how the Colony's
postponed for a year, But Tuberculosis Association is there is nothing to stop her Oghting the problem makes
winding delegates to the con- heartening reading.
ference since the Yugoslays, To begin with there is the hosts to this year's confrrenos, Are willing But they cannot vote,
ORCHIDS.
THEN DEATH
Chicago, June 6.
Association's impressive record of achievement; solld evidence of keen community
A wealthy art collector, Britain's yple with Rustia is and Government support. in line with ber atutude towards explorer and lawyer gave his But what is perhaps oven China and its bid for a place in ex-wife three orchids today more admirable is the the United Nations.London' | as tokens of his "love evidence of dogged per- Express Service.
beyond reason." Then he Bistence with which the
idlled her and tried to kill Colony hammers away at
himself succeeding in this appalling, tragic and apparently uncontrollable
blinding himself for life. disease.
The cynics ask: what real difference wili 540 beda make at $18 a day-when aufterers, many hopelessly poor, run into hundreds of thousanda? *No one
nt Government clinics.
now
Another Try In French
Crisis
Paris, June 6. Premier. designate,
The lawyer, Bailey Stanton, 04, told police: "This WDS A suicide pact. Let mo die. Please let mo die."
But the police did not believe that Stanton's former wife, De Margaret Stonton, 44,, a
well- known physielan and surgeon, wanted to die as the drove with Stanton in her baby-blue car.
Officers discovered she was
Down And Out Guardsman
A rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour ceremony on the Queen's Birthday was held on the Horse Guards Parade last Monday. Numerous Guardsmen fainted owing to the intense heat. Here one man crashes to the ground and is later carrled off by policemen, Keystone,
FREE TRADE NASSER, HOPES TO
AREA PLAN
POSTPONED
Paris, June 6
Full scale negotiations to
BUILD DAM ON HIS OWN
Cairo, June 6.
FOREIGN PRESSURE PUT ON BRITAIN
From DEREK MARKS
London, June 7. BRITAIN is coming under increased
diplomatic pressure to secure “settlement” of two Middle East issues→ the Persian Gulf sheikdoms and Cyprus.
Authoritative sources in both Lon«' don and Karachi on Thursday flatly denied reports that Britain had been asked to hand over disputed Buraimi. Oasis to King Ibn Saud in order to secure Saudi Arabia's accession to the Bagdad Pact.
Thoy stated that issue had not been discussed at the Kara- chi meeting of the Bagdad Pact Council which endet on Thius“ day.
Inquiries in London disclosed this altuation:
| HK COMUN
EXPORTS STILL SAFE
The Persian Gulf. Flash point is Buraimi Onsle.. I have been informed by highest British sources that there can be of handing ovez no question Saud-Since it is not Britain's this oil-rich area to King Ibn
London, June 6. The Times Industrini Re- over, The oasis comes under Sultan view sald yesterday there Muscat and Sheik Abu appeared Uttle hope of stem, Dhabl both of whom are under ming the increasing imports of cotton goods from India, Pakistan:
to hand
of
British protection.
Saudi's aim is to get Britain
out of Buraimi-and then the Hongkong and whole Persian Gulf area wi which enter Britain free1 of. collapse. This would involve los duty or restriction. of such yital contres as Bahrein, Kuwait and Arden,
It is significant that all oll concessions in Saudi Arabia are allocated
American 10
Co. Aramco.
UNDERCOVER
The Review pointed out that Hongkong and Pakistan mill- owners already had rejected Bri- tish proposals for a limitation of exports, Pakistan millowners wepo, cold to have made La counter-proposal for the estab« Brillafa diplomats hayolishment of a faint maximum gated the Impresijan that | quota of exports for India, America's overt Impartiality Hongkong and Pakistan. 10× in the dispute la ràore: than reiher, counter-balanced by, steady "But the prospect that Indla, undercover support for Klor Hongkong, and Paleisters could Saud
reach among themselves an
course attempts to defend anti-TB work in this Colony by citing one spectacular project. There about 1,440 beds, many Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, mgaged to marry a, dential, De subsidised. Many thousands armed with the approval of Max Forkosh, 49, next Wednes-establish a 17-nation Euro-President Gamal Abdel Nasser was authorita- are getting BCG vaccing his Radical-Socialist Party, say one purse, was a lele pean free trade area have tively quoted as saying today that he hoped to tions and last year more told President Rene Coty to God's sake and mine, don't been postponed, it was an- start building the Aswan High Dam next year on retreat in the Middle East would would entiaty Lancashire,
gram from Stanton saying: "For
It is certain that any further agreement on quantities which than 150,000 were treated night that he, would con- marry Forkoch."
nounced in Paris today.
and revenue from the Suez Canal, without recourse to provale a major political storm that such agreement could be tinue his efforts to formi a THE Director of Medical new French government,
An announcement said that any foreign financial aid. Services, Dr K. C. Yoo
"good progress has been made. outlined Government's The Premift-designate, De
In the three-month-old prepara- Egypt received offers of in the recent fence Minister in the outgoing
tory talles here, under the financial support for the. Nile auspices of the Organisation for River project from both Ruin budget debate and his state government, called on Coty after Radical-Socialist commiftee
European Economic Co-operation, and the West last year, but on mente then revealed the big
July 19 the United States with- share of this work under-abstentions, to back: Bourges voted 44 10 nine, with two
But the announcement added drew its offer of ald, fallowed taken by outpatient clinics Mauroury's attempt to solve the and mobile centres. So that tho number of beds represents only one aspect
measures
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16-day-old government crisis.
porters after his dalk with Coty .Bourges Maunoury told re-
Friends said Stanton had plagued her night and day with protestations of his love since their divorce on February 21. United Press,
Army Advocate that some time, must clause by Great Britain on July 25.
For US Sergeant
w
bolore deinito proposals would be ready
for consideration by the governments concerned,
:
COMET III RETURNS HOME
| the Review zald.—United Press,
-TRAM-LORRY CRASH
in the Tory Patty, But a number efficiently administered without of Tory MPs will go away for the assistance of some 'or all of the Whitsun holidays on Friday the govemments concerned, is with profound doubts and fears, thought to be remote," the
Cyprus. Foul Henri
Time's Review sald. new. Nato Speak, the
Discussions along these lines.. Secretary-General, is expected the Review sald, 20 far hove to start new sound of discussion taken place only between trade I aimed at securing Nato settle-representatives and "there has Just six days later.. Nasser
[ment of the problem which been litle suggestions that any that Egypt was
would certainly have the effect of the announced
woul governments taking over the Suez Canal and
of ending British control of the willingly give ito; blessing to a of TB treatment. Properly that he would hasten his con-
would build the Aswan Da
island.
restrictive agreement.” without help from the West.
London, June ̧0, theso are reserved for the antations with political leaders
The announcement said: "In
The idea is to secure some
"The UK Government, ins Nasser was quoted as giving The de Havilland Comet III sort of agreement before the deed, have most serious cases,
repeatedly stated these circumstances, it is not despite the Pentecost holiday on
expected that the various ques-start
hopeful timetable for And ns Dr S. N. Chau revealed Sunday and Monday,
the experimental jet aircraft landed matter comes up fog discursion that they would not bring Washington, June 6.
of construction_of thest its home base al Hatfield at the next meeting of the pressure to bear on Hongkong Hous Involved will have bet7) yesterday there is the As-
The Army announced late suficiently clarified to warrant me next year by a Japanese Hertfordshire, tonight after de- United Nations General As to reduce ita experts to Britain," sociation's Tuberculosis In-
FOLLOW MOLLET
member of Parliament, Yasu monstratlan flights In Finland sembly in the autumn, today that its Assistant a ministerial meeting of the hiro Naicasone, who talked Na j and Sweden, .surance Plan which aims to
Bourges-Maunoury discover tuberculosis before committee that if he succeeded would fly to Japan
told the Judge
Advocate - General Council of the OEEC in July, as him tonight.. Nakasone, who. Is
had been envisaged, and it was deputy im-
secretary-general of it has had a chance of doing in forming a government,
Mr Basil Smallpicce, Managing agreed that this should now be Japan's
Liberal mediately to ensure that held as early as is practicable in Party
Demogratte Director of the British Over any serious harm. He sald: would continue
apolley af
headed. delegation seas. Airways Corporation, who "We believe this plan will "pacification" in "Algeria, but Sergeant Girard's legal the autumn.
carrying a message of goodwill was in the aircraft, said that if A commercial lorry crashed, car and the front bumper of the plans for a rights were fully protected. play a very important part would draw up in reducing the incidence of provisional political statute" to The sergeant is accused of the "gut complexity" of the Kishi..
to the Egyptian president from the 10 Comet 4 airliners that the into a tram at the Talipoo Dock-lorry were only slightly damaged, The delay was attributed to the Japanese premter, Nobusuke Corporation had on order were yard near the Shaukiwon Police be submitted 10 Parliament shooting a Japanese woman.
delivered in time they hoped to tuberculosis in Hongkong."
Both vehicles managed to problems involved and to the TILL they die in their informed sources said.
Not Specified
continuo. Is announcing the departure fact that the free tate area is thousands every year. No Die Premier-dealgnete roof Brig-General Charles Decker; closely connected with the stilt Nakasono sald Nassey Indicated doubt the Association has portedly said he would employ one of the Army's senior legal
unratified Bix-nation
that Egypt would "seek tech-
It would co into service on อ tremendous problem outgoing Premier, Guy Mollet's officers, the Secretary of
nical aid from countrita which the Far East route as soon nd for other priority Army. Mr Wilber Brucker, cald market treaty.-France-Presse, fighting ignorance as much time-table
understand Egypt's view practicable after, being in- redress this action was consistent with
point", in construction of the troduced on the England-Aus- French finances, ratification of the responsibility of the Depart- be expected that spectacular the European Common Market ment of the Army.
dam. But Nakasone salatatia route, he said.Reuter. projects portend immediate artd Atomic Pool
Nasser did not specify which countries these would be "The President, told us jok ingly he expects to be dead be- fore the dam is finished," added Nakazone.
as sickness but it is not to problems:
action
he
(Euratom) The Army
Bald
the
General
ly spectacular resulta. Only treaties, and educational re-Decker would serve as an official by patient and carefully forma-France-Presse, planned uffort will the
Colony be able to combat
this killer.
The Grantham lospital is a Husband No. 4
fine example of Government
and community enterprise. On Way Out
Government provided tho
land and the funds to the
tune of more than $5 million
Hollywood, June 0,
Army observer - at the trial.- Neuler.
77 Political
Deaths
Bogota, Juno 6.
in grant and loan. Tho Ginger Rogers, blonde Ameri-
A new outburst of poli- construction was undertaken can film star, today began di-
proceedings against her tical "banditry" in South by the Anti-TB Association, vorce
hushand French Aim This is a typical product of fourth the fusion of public spirit tor, Mari Jacques Bergerac, ern and Central Colombia
common
Aqaba Base Closes Today
Amman, June 6.
It la generally estimated that
to build and five years more to of reclaim Iwo million acres abroad land, United Press.
of
British troops today the project will take 10 years loaded the last their supplies freighters bound for Aden and other castern points and prepared to pull out of their Aqaba base to- morrow.
24 KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH
put them into service before the Station at about 9.45 this morn- end of next year,
ing
The front part of the tram-
Dog Fight Starts Brawl
Londen, June &. Pollce were called to a Lon- con dog: truck tonight when a section of the crowd ray on to the course; overtures stärt- lng traps und; throw hurdles Mexico City, June 6
about when the stewarda A freight train rammed of mental caused at least 77 deaths
ajnounced that the result, of, the and government support cruelty.
The couple, who met in the past weak, it พชร
The key base, one of the last crowded passenger train near rate was in order, » that has achieved so much
British France, were married at reported today.
bastions
station in the the
Central Greyhounds had started fight- for Hongkong-and it is ono Palm Springs in the United
strifetorn Middle East, is being Mexdean town of Cortazar last
*** |ing- during the race. that deserves much en-States In
The casualty figure did not in- evacuated under terms at an night killing it least. 24 persons February, 1953-clude 15 persons idilled early Anglo-Jorden agreement signed and juring 30.
Police managed to foll an at- couragement.
thin week in Caicedonia Infast March 13 in which Britain
tempt to tear up the cable Another 18 persons, omfletally controlling the electric hare
qn
in
the grounds
France-Presse:
HH
Saturday's Mail
few
Press,
the on
† Political fouding, not officially agreet to evacuate its forces missing, are believed to be and to drive back the de
regarded as banditry.
from Jordan within, six months, burled in the wreckage-United monstrators for the rest of the An announcernent Issued by United Press.) the military junta listed 63 per- sons known dead — 62 farmers and a policeman
A 12-lane highway running to the Kremlin is now Open to British motorists, Saturday's China Mail tells you how to get on it and introduces
Holiday Time In Russia, a report by Anne Sharpley which will appear all next week.
Among the other world's best features appearing tomorrow arej
French Politic, by SYDNEY SMITH,
Intelligence Report by DELMER.
Spiced Reading by HAROLD M. HARRIS.
Britain's World Track Champion by BARRY MONSE. Crowing Old? by SIR COMPTON MACKENZIE,
Limelight by THOMAS WISEMAN. ||
Luis Delgado, government secretary in Valle do Chuca province. announced 14 addi- Honal deaths Unlied Press.
INFILTRATION
Cairo, June 8. United Notions Emergency Forco Headquarters announced todays time an Iornell patrol in- Altented 300 yards into the Gaza
meeting China Mail Special.
MAYFLOWER 350 MILES
OFF US COAST
New York, June 8, AUS Air Force weather patrol plano sighted - the May- flower II "about--350 miles south of Provincetown, Mas- sachusetts today!
ECTOON!
"lip" on the radar plano Commander Maj. Wil- iam Simpson suli,
Then through a small hole in
a rather soupy sky, there shei was right below. Simpson| aid.
Giles and Friell mingle with 20 pages of news and features, strip about six miles south of The tiny replica of the Pilgrim The Major wald fret vimmt con-
Rufch yesterday United Fresa.
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vessel appeared first. a b
test was made at 6.30 am.
EIT (1030 GAIT) from an altitude of 10,000 foot
Exact position of the Mayflower Was given by the Air Force es 37.267north, 71.5 quent.
The
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